You say it wrong

[Goatweed]

I thought it was frigidaire?

[GonzoStyle]

Oh, thats what I call the fridge.

There's probably a bunch of words that are common place for me that might make galts heart explode.

[diceisgod]

Gooks are from Vietnam.
Chinks are from China.
Nips are from Japan.

Very big difference. You can tell them apart from their shade of yellow and the angle of the slants.

[Mad]

Don't forget the Slopes from Korean.

[GonzoStyle]

Gooks are from Vietnam.
Chinks are from China.
Nips are from Japan.

Very big difference. You can tell them apart from their shade of yellow and the angle of the slants.

yeah but who has the time or patience to dechipher that shit.

Like the great archie bunker said

"african-americans, mexican-americans, it's all hog wash. We's all americans, now if you're a spook or a spic that's your own problem".

[Arpikarhu]

you dont say off OF it. its off it. as in "get off the floor"

[Is Don on the phone?]

It's not "nucular" it's nuclear

And it amazes me that educated people in the industry still add the u where it does NOT belong!

Oh, and if I had a nickel for every misused apostrophe I catch, Id be Apri.

[Kid Afrika]

What's funnier is that people will say nucular and then blame it on their accent. There's a difference between having an accent and just plain saying the word incorrectly.

[GonzoStyle]

George Bush has an accent. He isn't even in the ball park on nuclear, let alone nucular

[Galt]

Bobby Valentine just talked about something being "mano a mano"

That pisses me off too. People say it as if it translates to "man to man".

"Mano" means hand
"A" means: to
"Y" means: and

So if you say: mano y mano. you are saying "hand and hand" And that is just stupid.

[Sir O]

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[Suzie]

I hate it when people say "Alls I know"

[HollywoodJewMoses]

some people pronounce cocaine all weird

[Galt]

yeah, say tete-a-tete instead.

[Suzie]

what's your problem WBK?

[HollywoodJewMoses]

i dont have a problem, i say cocaine like most people do. but i have heard some people say it in some REEEEEEEAAALLY WEIRD ways.

[LyricalGomez]

You've mentioned it to me

Those people are retarded

[Hey Ladi]

pitcher instead of picture, hurts my head

[Is Don on the phone?]

They say that if you want to write real good, you should avoid cliches like the plague.